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The new Texas Rangers manager hit .368 for the Dodgers, you know.
Here's his most memorable game.
And here's his odyssey. Despite that .368, Washington was a late and moderate bloomer - plus, something happened in '78 that waylaid him.
4 are pretty easy to guess and the last one should not be too hard. And those teams have won 4 World Series within the last 25 years.
i'm going to guess the royals for the fifth one.
I counted six:
Tampa Bay
Arizona
Cincinnati
Colorado
Kansas City
Toronto
that's actually pretty cool to know
I was actually gonna say Washington but Robinson manages them.
Frank Robinson managed Washington.
The past tense has never sounded so good.
Did Sparky Anderson play for the Dodgers? minors maybe?
"Danys Baez pitched for Los Angeles" has to be close
Being lost makes being found that much sweeter
Former Toronto manager Tim Johnson was a Dodgers draft pick.
i heard that too, i love that his wife worked even though she really didn't have too
- Sklar twins
Major League salaries even for a manager are very good no?
11 Nice job, yes the Cincy job does go all the way the back to when the team was not called the Dodgers.
I may be way off base, but it's just my intuitive nature.
Unless I can convince him that Survivorman is the best show on TV. Hey, it's shot without a studio audience, has no laugh track.
I don't think Wooden made over $50K for UCLA in one year.
Aaron Sorkin does not like Christian Conservatives
They're popularity is not at an all-time high
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It's a sad state of affairs. Hopefully Cheap Seats reruns will still be shown, as I haven't seen all the episodes. Plus, I still laugh at episodes I've seen anyway. BTW: My wife saw Rebecca Sealfon (the Spelling Bee girl) at Whole Foods this summer. We weren't 100% certain it was her until I discovered that she's now a doctoral student at Duke.
You know, I really have no tolerance for people who feel the need to foist their religious opinions on me, but that's not the same as being openly hostile to their core beliefs. Sorkin seems to really enjoy tweaking religified people on their religificationitude. That kind of bothers me. You could argue that religified peopled bring it on themselves by being so publicly religificated, but shame on folks like Sorkin for taking the bait.
So, anyhoo, Zito or Schmidt?
Seriously, Arm wrestling? Miniature Golf? Roller Derby? ABC Wide World of Sports Cliffdiving?
You know, I really have no tolerance for people who feel the need to foist their religious opinions on me
People who think they are doing what they are supposed to be doing are often being counterproductive, but that doesn't seem to deter them or convince them to change their methods.
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That's the whole point of the show. These "sports" are begging for ridicule, and Jason and Randy are there to provide it. Take tonight's episode, which examined an episode of "Unbelievable Sports." Do Sumo wrestling and Yo-yo-ing really count as "unbelievable"? Or as "sports," for that matter?
The lovely Kate Walsh was once a bit character in a sketch on Cheap Seats. She tried to portray a trashy woman. It didn't work. She remains that rare, ultra hot red head.
Ah, Kate Walsh, proving yet again that red heads are either completely unattractive (98%), or ridiculously hot (2%). No in-between. Two true outcomes, indeed.
I didn't know who Kate Walsh was, and had to look her up on The Google. Did she play that weird old woman who sat between the Sklars on the couch and stuck the remote between her, um, mammary glands?
red heads are either completely unattractive (98%), or ridiculously hot (2%)
'Tis true, 'tis true
On Cheap Seats, she guest starred on the Thailand bull riding/rattlesnake gathering episode.
I don't watch Grey's Anatomy. Do you actually want to have her children, or do you just want to have pop-pop with her...?
Hmmm, that Cheap Seats episode was on recently, but I don't remember Kate Walsh. What did she do?
Of course, I would grow a third kneecap if it meant I could have a date with Emily Watson, so the boundaries of nature really don't mean much to me.
I don't understand.
And I had to look up Emily Watson on The Google too.
Wow, you really went all out with the searching.
And I still didn't understand your biology comment...
And yes, the train has officially gone off the tracks with this conversation.
So, Barry Zito should be looking at around 5/75 million, yes?
Do you mean "with Kate Walsh" in particular, or just in general?
Or Walt Harris?
48 I hope the answer is "not at all"
And I am falling down laughing right now, while working on the third incarnation of my doomed blog. I call it "This Blog is Neither Humorous nor Useful." If anything, it's true to it's title.
Will you be linking us to your blog any time soon...?
I've done some blogging before, mostly for my friends, who find it quite amusing. But no, I like to think that I'm a fairly likeable fellow here on DT. Connecting anything I migh write would ruin that, I'm sure.
But not humorous...or useful...
Greg Brock's blog, it's like lighting your farts on fire.
And yes, high school students get mocked as well. The blog should probably be called "Greg Brock's id, because its' really the most base, immature, and ridiculous stuff."
Now I'm intrigued. What is it about your writings that would cause us to like you less...?
It's nice to have an output like that. You have to be all "School this, maturity that, and 'mentor for young people' the other thing in school." It gets quite tedious.
I blog, you decide.
It's also funny to just drop some 1500 word essay on the blog, and have my friends calling me, laughing hysterically a day later.
yeah that's what i liked about the show, so there being cancelled that's to bad i really liked the show.
You know, like Arrested Development and Sports Night, except not remotely as good...
i remember in one show they made fun of Steve Garvey's hair i was laughing out loud.
I like to think of my blog as Hal Ashby...Except with a lot less facial hair and marijuana use.
Great Director. Just a great filmmaker.
Personality goes a long way
agreed, kind of like my huge crush on Gwen Stefany i see your point.
http://tinyurl.com/yeynav
Before I click on your link, I seem to recall Greg saying he was gonna be in El Cerrito.
Now, let's click on this link...
Uh-oh...
And to think, I actually was considering clicking that link.
My wife pointed out the John Ford special tonight on TCM, knowing that I admire his stuff. Just as I looked at the TV it showed him with a Dodger cap on. I thought that was pretty cool.
i cliked on it & i'm regreting it now, the visual is just not right.
What's an awl?
Not any more...
"I was really disappointed, because of all my 19 years in broadcasting, this was the most fun I've had," Paciorek said yesterday. "I was most proud of what we accomplished this year because I love being part of a team, and I thought we were really well-received.
"But I've also been in this business long enough to know that I don't appeal to people in high authority. I'm not sure why."
Paciorek said he would retire from broadcasting, "because this is the only job I wanted."
i don't know who he is but is he up there in age?
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